Red Fleet

This past Sunday

we headed out to Red Fleet

to do some cliff jumping or rock jumping

into the river. 

Ready 

Set

Go

We had a great afternoon 

and just enjoyed being outside. 

Since there are so many rivers

from the mountain run-offs

there are NO pools intown; 

very strange. 

The water is freezing

but it kind of feels nice in the heat of the day. 

Happy jumping! 

cmg

Boone and Crockett

As most of you already know, 

we decided that we needed more animals in our family! 

The first day of work, 

I met a man who had just had an unplanned litter 

of German Short Hair/Brittany Pointer puppies. 

He was giving them away, 

for free! 

Blake has always wanted a GSP 

but I refuse to pay for a dog 

when their are so many who need good homes. 

I mentioned it to Blake 

and we went to see them that weekend.  

We feel in love with these 2 guys 

and were having a hard time deciding between the 2. 

Boone (left) Crockett (right)
6 weeks old

After much debate, 

I let Blake choose which pup he wanted and he chose Boone, 

mainly because of his markings. 

A week later while on a walk 

he randomly said 

"what do you think about getting both?" 

I couldn't believe it 

because I had been thinking the exact same thing 

but didn't want to be the crazy one to say it out loud, ha! 

So we texted Dale 

letting him know we would take both! 

We would go play with them every evening after work  

to get them use to us and to let RHETT feel them out

before we brought them "home". 

Boone (left) Crockett (right)
7 weeks

RHETT is not too sure about them at all at this point

Week 8 and worn out!
Boone (back) Crockett (front) 

 RHETT is doing so well with them

and will actually get up and play every now and then! 

We are loving having them around

and the spunk they bring to RHETT! 

They are growing like weeds 

but thankfully they won't be too big 

(compared to RHETT at least). 

Crockett is very independent.  

He plays by himself, naps often 

and doesn't require much attention. 

He is significantly larger than Boone

and has Brittany coloring on his face. 

Crockett - 9 weeks

Crockett - 9 weeks

Boone is our sissy dog.  

He constantly whins for no reason. 

He was the runt 

and is going to be a hand full. 

He is super dramatic, 

gets his feelings hurt easily 

and is scared of everything. 

Boone - 9 weeks 

Boone - 9 weeks 

 RHETT is such a good big brother

(george will be another story, I'm sure)! 

Here is a short glimpse into our evening strolls now, 

no longer leisurely, ha! 

White Water Rafting

The only thing I wanted to do this summer 

was to go white water rafting. 

Well today was the day!! 

We went with a well known outfitter in town 

and chose the Split Mountain course. 

We had 8 rapids throughout 

but do to low water, 

they weren't as large as they normally are unfortunately. 

 We stopped on the way to the mountain to check out

some old Indian petroglyphs. 

 Didn't do much for us, 

but others found it interesting! 

About to hit the water....

 We stopped at a little beach for lunch

and Blake decided to wade out in the water; 

it was way too cold for me! 

Resting on the beach for lunch

the view throughout our trip

All done and on the way home! 

 I had forgotten how much of a workout rafting is

but we had a great day 

and really enjoyed ourselves! 

We are looking forward to finding a Colorado trip

later in the summer. 

Fly Fishing

We headed to Flaming Gorge National Park 

to do some fly fishing last weekend.  

It was a beautiful day 

and we enjoyed being outdoorsy. 

We had absolutely NO idea what we were doing

but we stopped at a fly fishing store in the mountain

and through his laughs

he managed to give us the specifics we needed to know. 

Surprisingly we caught nothing, ha

but had fun none the less! 

My boys baiting the hook

Flaming Gorge Dam 

Casting his rod

Relaxing

We hope to head back in a few weeks 

and maybe catch something, 

but we are NOT holding our breath.

Salt Lake City, Utah

This weekend we ventured to the big city, 

Salt Lake City. 

Vernal has 10,000 people,

a WalMart and a Smiths/Kroger 

so if you want anything those 2 stores don't offer 

you're s-o-l. 

First stop upon our arrival.....

 Blake had a buy one get one free entree coupon 

so we figured why not get a free meal! 

Next stop, 

 It was a very beautiful "campus" if you will. 

We saw approximately 13 weddings while we were there 

for a brief 30 minutes.  

After the LDS, 

we made one last stop here

to prepare for these guys......

Boone (left) Crockett (right) 

 more on them later. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

cmg

Rock Springs, Wyoming

The pumper, Ronnie, 

that Blake will ride around with the 1st month 

until he becomes a certified operator 

told him that Rock Springs, WY 

had great antique stores.  

So without doing much investigating 

we loaded up this morning for the 2 hour drive to Rock Springs. 

On the way there

we passed the Flaming Gorge Dam.  

Sadly it was closed 

but we are hoping it will be open at one point this summer 

so we can see it.  

It looks like it would be pretty impressive! 

We arrived in Rock Springs 

only to realize that Ronnie's idea of antiques

and our idea of antiques was 

COMPLETELY 

different.  

We stopped off in a random Mexican restaurant

just to stretch our legs before heading home. 

We were literally only in the town for 45 minutes, tops!

Complete waste of a day 

but oh well.  

Thankfully the views on the drive were pretty. 

But unfortunately we learned RHETT gets motion sick! 

Until our next adventure!!

Vernal, Utah

Well folks, 

we made it to our home away from home 

for the summer. 

Blake's internship with Anadarko Petroleum 

has brought us to Vernal, Utah

and the kind people at the company 

felt so bad that he was leaving my behind 

they offered me a position in their Midstream office

for the summer so .......

population 10,000

this is the view all the way around the town

Vernal is 16.5 hours from Lubbock 

so we broke our trip up in Denver. 

And we couldn't stop in Denver without visiting with a few 

of our favorite people!! 

We got there Friday evening

and met up with Ginger and Josh.  

Ginger is Blake's cousin 

and Josh is her boyfriend. 

We had SO much fun visiting and catching up with them. 

Ginger, Blake, me

Saturday found us at Wash Park, 

along with the rest of Denver, 

for games and bbq.

RHETT enjoyed him self 

and we all loved having a break from the car! 

Saturday night we headed to 16th Street Mall 

and Larimer Square to walk around 

and to get Lobster Mac n' Cheese from Capital Grille

(which made Blake so ill he fainted but that's a story for another day!) 

My 2 favorite boys...missing sweet george henry

Saturday night, 

we drove out to Littleton to stay with the Dixon's.  

It was so good to see them and visit

and to meet their sweet Ava.  

When we pass back through in August on our way home

they will have an addition, 

Lucy!!

Brent, Ava, Renee, me and Blake 

From Denver to Vernal, 

we didn't pass much

but after looking at the atlas

I noticed that we were only 40 minutes one way from Aspen. 

I really want to go to Aspen to ski one year 

but wanted to make sure the mountains were good 

and not just a star stalker attraction

since we were so close! 

We really enjoyed the town 

and will definitely plan a ski trip there in the future. 

We arrived in Vernal Sunday around 8pm. 

We spent all day Monday

(Memorial Day)

to get situated, find the office, resting, etc. 

We have both enjoyed our 1st week on the job.  

The people are SO nice and 

we are both learning so much already. 

If anyone is close by come and see us!!! 

Farewell

Before we headed to Vernal for the summer, 

but after our quick trip to the DFW area,

we had a get together with our Lubbock friends

at the recently opened Blue Mesa Grill.  

 It was such a great night to sit out on the patio 

with dear friends.  

Shawna, me, Brittney, Ashley and Holli 

Emily, Vicki, Lindsey, Hilary and me

Blake, Matthew, Ryan, Jake, Kurt, Joe and Paul (Marc had already left)

 We so appreciate everyone coming to see us off. 

We are so blessed to have made such wonderful friends in the last year

and we look forward to many more fun nights together when we return! 

The hardest goodbye was to this little guy: 

Broke my heart to leave him behind

but the couple we are living with said no cats. 

It ended up working out well 

because they have 2 dogs, 

1 of which is ridicuoulsy obnoxious,

and georgie would have been miserable! 

Poor RHETT's already about had enough

and it's only been 6 days.....

But we left george in wonderful hands;

at Camp Garrett 

aka: with the in-laws in Abilene.